What Is The Loss Of Identity In The Great Gatsby

The American Identity is always a reach in this story, and socially speaking it is even harder to reach. Moreover, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick, who is the main protagonist, and his friend Gatsby struggle with the fact that they will never be able to reach the social class or status they want. This means for Nick and Gatsby the American identity is impossible to achieve since having the ideal social status is necessary to fit in. This introduces the fact, that Fitzgerald uses diction throughout The Great Gatsby to critique the impossible ways to achieve the social status of the American identity. For starters, Fitzgerald demonstrates the impossibility of achieving the social status of the American identity through the attempts made to fulfill

Pursued and pursuing refer to a cycle of attempting to achieve a higher social status and gradually increasing, yet no one ever reaches that point. Busy and tired refers to people who attempt to reach that ideal social status but continuously fail since it is impossible, which leads them to claim that title of being busy and tired. Those few words critique the fact that social identity is out of reach after many repetitive failed attempts. Overall, Fitzgerald takes the social status in the book and uses those specific words and demonstrates various failed attempts showing the impossibleness of achieving the American identity. Secondly, Fitzgerald adds to the hardships of acquiring ideal social status for the American identity through Nick’s experience at Gatsby’s party, which was enchanting but repelling at the same time. Nick describes his experience at Gatsby’s party. He mentions how he wanted to leave but arguments pulled him back in to stay which led him to say to himself, “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life” (Fitzgerald